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Evaluation of GPM-era Global Satellite Precipitation Products over Multiple Complex Terrain Regions
(MDPI, 2019-12-7)
The great success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and its successor
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) has accelerated the development of global high-resolution satellite-based precipitation products ...
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Facing unprecedented drying of the Central Andes? Precipitation variability over the period AD 1000-2100
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015-08)
Projected future trends in water availability are associated with large uncertainties in many regions of the globe. In mountain areas with complex topography, climate models have often limited capabilities to adequately ...
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A comparative analysis of TRMM-rain gauge data merging techniques at the daily time scale for distributed rainfall-runoff modeling applications
(American Meteorological Society, 2015-01)
This study compares two nonparametric rainfall data merging methods-the mean bias correction and double-kernel smoothing-with two geostatistical methods-kriging with external drift and Bayesian combination-for optimizing ...
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Radar-Observed Characteristics of Precipitation in the Tropical High Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia
(American Meteorological Society, 2018-07-06)
This study used the first detailed radar measurements of the vertical structure of precipitation obtained in the central Andes of southern Peru and Bolivia to investigate the diurnal cycle and vertical structure of ...
Characteristics of Precipitating Storms in Glacierized Tropical Andean Cordilleras of Peru and Bolivia
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-06-01)
Precipitation variability in tropical high mountains is a fundamental yet poorly understood factor influencing local climatic expression and a variety of environmental processes, including glacier behavior and water ...
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Mapping seasonal and annual extreme precipitation over the Peruvian Andes
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018-12)
Seasonal and annual extreme precipitation over the Peruvian Andes have been mapped for the first time. Maps were developed using the most complete, quality-controlled and homogenous daily precipitation records in Peru from ...
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Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America
(Nature Publishing Group, 2020-04-10)
The climate of South America (SA) has long held an intimate connection with El Niño, historically describing anomalously warm sea-surface temperatures off the coastline of Peru. Indeed, throughout SA, precipitation and ...
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Multiregional satellite precipitation products evaluation over complex terrain
(American Meteorological Society, 2016-06)
An extensive evaluation of nine global-scale high-resolution satellite-based rainfall (SBR) products is performed using a minimum of 6 years (within the period of 2000-13) of reference rainfall data derived from rain gauge ...
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Climate trends and variability in Ecuador (1966–2011)
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016-01-15)
This study detects climate trends and variability from precipitation and temperature observations in Ecuador and assesses their links to the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) for the period 1966–2011, using the El Niño ...
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A data portal for regional climatic trend analysis in a Peruvian High Andes region
(Copernicus Publications, 2011-08-16)
In the frame of a Swiss-Peruvian climate change adaptation initiative (PACC), operational and historical data series of more than 100 stations of the Peruvian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI) are now ...
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